Cake-turner.



No. 849,293. PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

M. (J. WALSTOBL.

GA-KE TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14 .1906- anveni'oz' wifuaaoeo 77700'0 (Kc v29 94/06/01) TE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CAKE-TURNER.

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIA CLoProN VVALS- TON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Tullahoma, in the county of Coffee and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cake-Turners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cake, toast, and egg turners, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character which is efficient in use, ornamental in appearance, and in which the lifting blade or plate is adapted to be automatically turned or inverted by compressing the handle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the cake-turner, showing the lifting blade or plate in normal position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the lifting blade or plate inverted by compression of the handle. Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the lifting blade or plate of the device, which is preferably of an ornamental nature and composed of sheet metal. As shown, this blade or plate embodies an open frame 2, having the general form and shape of a horseshoe, a center piece 3, which is star-shaped, and a crescent-shaped brace 4, connecting the rear ends of the horseshoe-shaped frame and the rear point of the star-shaped center piece. This construction of the lifting plate or blade gives an ornamental or attractive appearance to the utensil, as well as provides for the effective connection of the same with the operatinghandle.

The handle 5 is formed of a single length of spring-wire bent to provide substantially parallel arms 6 and 7 of unequal length and a spring-coil 8 at the rear end of the handle and joining the rear ends of the arms, said coil serving to afford the necessary spring action to normally force or spread the arms apart.

The arms are preferably slightly outwardly bowed or curved, and the forward end of the arm 6 is provided with an inwardly-bent oblique portion 8 and a straight terminal 8, the latter being arranged by the oblique disposition of the portion 8 to lie in the center line of the lifting plate or blade 1. The straight terminal 8 forms a stationary shaft, on which the lifting blade or plate is adapted to turn, the center piece 3 and brace 4 of said plate being provided with bearings 9 and 10 to turn upon said shaft, as clearly shown in Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 14:,

Patented April 2, 1907.

1906. Serial No. 343,467.

Fig. 2, the forward or free end of the portion 8 being angularly bent to form a stop 11 to hold the lifting-blade from outward displacement. The shorter arms 7 of the handle is similarly provided with an inwardly-bent or oblique portion 12, terminating at its free end in an outturned extremity 13, forming an actuating-crank, which is journaled in an opening in a bearing-flange 14 on one of the rear ends or heel portions of the horseshoeshaped frame.

Normally the lifting plate or blade 1 lies in the position shown in Fig. 1, and the arms of the handle are spread apart by the spring action of the coil 8. When the handle is compressed to force the arms inwardly, the movement of the arm 7 will cause the crank 13 to rotate the lifting plate or blade on the shaft 8 until the said blade or plate is completely inverted, as shown in Fig. 2. The oblique portions 8 and 12 of the arms in this operation of inverting the lifting-blades cross each other, so as to allow the arm 7 to have a free and maximum range of movement in rotating the plate, as will be readily understood.

In the operation of turning the cake, piece of toast, or egg the lifting blade or plate is inserted beneath the same and raised a short distance above the bottom of the pan, and then the handle is compressed in the manner described, whereby the lifting-plate will be inverted to turn the article in the manner described. When the pressure of the hand is removed from the handle, the arms 6 and 7 will again spread apart, thus automatically returning the lifting-blade to normal position, as will be readily understood.

A cake-turner embodying my invention is not only simple in construction, efficient in use, and inexpensive of production, but is of ornamental appearance, and by constructing the blade in the manner described provision is made for firmly and securely mounting it to turn freely upon the shaft 8.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A cake-turner comprising a flat lifting blade or plate having a horseshoeshaped outer frame, a star-shaped center piece having some of its points attached to the inner edge of the outer frame, and a crescentshaped brace connecting the terminals of the frame and rear point of the center piece, bearings upon the center piece and brace, a third bearing upon one of the ends of the horseshoe-shaped frame, a spring-handle having arms provided with obliquely-bent portions, one of the arms having a shaft eX- tending forwardly from its obliquely-bent portion upon which the bearings of the center piece and brace of the lifting-blade are journaled, and the obliquely-bent portion of the other arm being formed with a crank engaging the bearing upon the rear end of the horseshoe-shaped frame, substantially as delo scribed.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARIA GLOPTON WVALSTON.

Witnesses:

ARCHIE E. ROY, JNo. T. WALSTON. 

